[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR: Photos and link to pre-order

[Mark Hutchinson]

Mitch Gore wrote:
> from a myth perspective its basically a firewire capture.  except over
> usb and x264 vid.  the blaster would pry integrate into lirc.
> everyone seems to be overcomplicating this device.
>
> On 4/4/08, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
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>> Josh White wrote:
>>     
>>> So is this thing a tuner, or would you use another tuner (like a set-top
>>> box) to feed feed it input via the component out from your external
>>> device, and the Hauppauge HD-PVR just outputs the stream to the USB
>>> port?  I guess that leads to the question could you control it via the
>>> USB port (if it is a tuner), or is the USB strictly for sending data TO
>>> the computer it's connected to?
>>>       
>> There's no tuner. It's a capture device, not a tuning device. You
>> connect the component cables from your STB to it. Plug in the IR
>> blaster. Plug in the USB cable. Wait for some magic to happen in the
>> MythTV code to support all this stuff. Add it as another capture device
>> in mythtv-setup. Then when it wants to record, a channel change script
>> you set up that tells the device "I want channel 207." The device blasts
>> the command "207<enter>" to the STB. It starts capturing video/audio,
>> sends it h.264 compressed via USB to mythbackend which happily stores it
>> on disk for you just like any other capture device.
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True.  The advantage here would be removing the 5c or encryption from 
the stream correct?